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8 Sci Ch 10

8th Grade Science Climate Vocabulary

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WEATHER THE CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT A PARTICULAR TIME.
CLIMATE THE AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AN AREA OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
LATITUDE DISTANCE NORTH AND SOUTH FROM THE EQUATOR.
SURFACE CURRENTS STREAMLIKE MOVEMENTS OF WATER AT OR NEAR THE OCEAN SURFACE.
ELEVATION HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
ADAPTATION ANY STRUCTURE OR BEHAVIOR THAT HELPS AN ORGANISM SURVIVE IN ITS ENVIRONMENT.
HIBERNATION WHEN BODY TEMPERATURES DROP AND BODY PROCESSES ARE REDUCED TO A MINIMUM, USUALLY IN COLD WEATHER.
ESTIVATION AN INACTIVE TIME OF BURROWING IN THE MUD AND DURING HOT WEATHER.
EL NINO CLIMATIC EVENT THAT STARTS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WHEN OCEAN TEMPERATURES ARE WARMER THAN NORMAL.
LA NINA CLIMATIC EVENT THAT STARTS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WHEN OCEAN TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER THAN NORMAL.
ICE AGE PERIOD DURING WHICH ICE COLLECTS IN HIGH LATITUDES AND MOVES TO LOWER LATITUDES.
INTERGLACIAL PERIOD WARMER TIMES BETWEEN ICE AGES.
GLOBAL WARMING INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE DUE TO AN INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE GASES.
GREENHOUSE EFFECT PROCESS IN WHICH THE ATMOSPHERE ABSORBS AND TRAPS THERMAL ENERGY.
DEFORESTATION DESTRUCTION AND CUTTING DOWN OF FORESTS.
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